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How Corporate Culture Drives Engagement and Accountabilityby Dr. Maynard Brusman - May, 2011Corporate culture is critical to an organization’s success. However, when I ask my clients to describe their culture their description is often very fuzzy.
I often facilitate 360 feedback surveys for my executive coaching clients. When I interview the client’s raters I get a pretty clear idea on how employees view the culture at work. Culture can be seen as the context or environment that supports or impedes people being full...

Improve Your Resume with 3 Resume Writing Tricks from Professional Resume Writersby Marcia Robinson - May, 2011Professional resume writers can improve the look and value of a resume in a few minutes with these resume writing tricks. Some job seekers can do the same. Although there are definite advantages to using professional resume writers, for content and branding, job seekers can improve their resumes if they apply these three tricks of resume writing trade used by professional resume writers.
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Relationship Basicsby Nan S. Russell - May, 2011Since she'd been referred by a good client, I rearranged my schedule to accommodate a phone meeting for what she described as a "pressing decision" about a potential business endeavor I had experience with. The day before our appointment, the call was confirmed and it was verified that she would call my office at the arranged time.
When the time arrived and no call came, I was surprised. Fifteen minutes later, still no call...

Viewing Your Employee Fileby Randy Enochs - May, 2011Probably one of things employees often do not know about, at least in Wisconsin, regards their right to view their employee/personnel file. A lot of employees wonder what happens with those yearly reviews, disciplinary write-ups and handbooks and often never see these materials unless they are terminated. In Wisconsin employees are allowed, under law (Wis. Stat. sec. 103.13), to view their personnel file twice per year within...

What American Businesses Can Learnby Eva Jenkins - May, 2011The military strike against Osama bin Laden is a case study in how employee engagement drives success says Washington, D.C. area business consultant Eva Jenkins.
The recent historic military strike against Osama bin Laden is likely to remain front page news for some time to come with lasting impact on both military and political policy-making. As a consultant who focuses on ‘human capital’ in the business world, Eva Jenki...

Eight Cover Letter Don'tsby Caitlin McNally - May, 2011Many companies will not even look at your resume if you don't include a cover letter. Writing a cover letter will show the company that you really want the position and will allow you to show why you are a good fit for the job. Here are eight cover letter "faux pas" that you will want to avoid when composing a cover letter.
1.) Don’t address the wrong person or company in your cover letter. This will likely disqualify you f...

It isn't the work... It's the placeby Kimberly Schneiderman - May, 2011Have you ever started a new job that was supposed to be great only to discover that while the work was fine, the place was just awful? Perhaps the budget for marketing was nil. Maybe the boss gave no direction…or too much direction! Did they move from downtown to uptown within a couple months?
Wouldn’t it have been nice to know some of these things before you accepted the job offer? Here are some questions you can ask, along...

Job Search: Be a pest…in a good wayby Hallie Crawford - May, 2011On a group coaching call last week, clients Herman and James were discussing the best ways to follow up on a job application.
I always suggest, depending on the employer’s time frame and how connected you were to them during the interview, to follow up consistently but in a reasonable (but not to pesty), timeframe via phone if possible. I prefer the phone over email because email could get lost. Also, over the phone, people...

The garden and the networkby Dawn Bugni - May, 2011I worked in the yard this past weekend. Truth be told, a well-manicured lawn and perfect landscaping hasn’t been a priority for many years. Combine five dogs and two growing businesses (up until 2009) with country living and no homeowners association to tell me weed whack and it got a little shaggy around the edges. I’ve learned; if you don’t’ get in control early in spring; forget it. The weeds win.
This year, I found a ne...

10 Dollars and A Laptopby Steve Farber - May, 2011Last weekend at the always inspiring SobCon event in Chicago, I had the opportunity to meet Greg Hartle, the itinerate business consultant and philosopher.
He’s on a mission to visit 50 states, collect 501 stories, and demonstrate that it’s possible to make a living starting from scratch–even in this new, challenging (to say the least) economy.
He started his journey with ten dollars, a laptop, and the clothes on his bac...

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